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On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Anoop Jacob Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > Sage Days 25 - An Invitation > > What is 'Sage Days'? > Sage Days is a confluence of present and prospective SAGE Users and > Developers. It is an opportunity to come together to share ideas, > brainstorm and hack on Sage. > > Sage Days 25 is the 25th version of Sage Days, and is being organized in > Mumbai, India. In order to cater to an Indian audience and scenario, this > version has been tweaked slightly. Sage Days 25 has beginner level > tutorials, in addition to the usual talks and sprints, to help new users get > started with Sage and help promote the use of Sage in India. > > What is Sage? > Sage is a free, open-source mathematics software system licensed under the > GPL. It combines the power of numerous existing open-source packages into a > common Python-based interface. It's mission is to create a "viable free open > source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab". > > Sage has tools for a broad range of mathematical areas like Linear Algebra, > Calculus, Symbolic Math, Plotting, Rings & Groups, Graph Theory, Number > Theory and Cryptography. Essentially, "it can do anything from mapping a > 12-dimensional object to calculating rainfall patterns under global warming" > - as Science Daily puts it . Eager to get started? Start here. [#1] > > Apart from being feature rich, it's usability is one of it's greatest > strengths. Sage Notebook, a web-interface for all the math you'll ever want > to do, is really the killer feature! As the Sage Marketing page says, "The > SAGE GUI surely works on your computer box, because it just runs in > Firefox!". Try it Now! [#2] > > Why should you attend? > Sage Days 25 is being attended by the creator and lead developer of Sage, > Prof. William Stein. It will also be attended by other developers of Sage. > This would be a great opportunity to meet and interact with them! > > The conference will be attended by a plethora of enthusiastic people from > all over the country who use Sage or are interested in doing so. The > conference will also see the presence of many mathematicians interested in > software. Who knows, you may run into someone you'd want to collaborate > with, for your future work! > > This event will be a great learning experience, if you are even remotely > interested in math and software for it! > > When and Where? > Venue: IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India > Dates: August 9-12, 2010 > > Tentative Schedule: http://fossee.in/sage_days/schedule/ > Register Here: http://fossee.in/sage_days/registration/register/ > > [#1] http://www.sagemath.org/tour.html > [#2] http://www.sagenb.org/ > > -- > Sage Days India Team, > FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- http://sites.google.com/site/agnayelinux/ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
